Buying property in Ho Chi Minh City as a foreigner: rules and approved projects

The rules

Who can buy

Foreign individuals permitted to enter Vietnam, and foreign organisations operating in Vietnam (Housing Law 2023, Art. 17).

What they can buy

Only commercial housing inside projects named on the province's published list, outside defence and security zones. No land on its own, and no townhouse outside such a project.

Limits

At most 30% of the flats in one building; for landed houses, at most 250 in an area with the population of about one ward (Art. 19).

How long

Foreign individuals own for up to 50 years from the certificate date, renewable once for up to 50 more; the term is written on the certificate (Art. 20).

Before a deposit

Check the project name against the list, ask the developer or building management how much of the foreign quota is left, and get it in writing. Putting a home in someone else's name is risky: the named person is the legal owner.

• Luật Nhà ở 27/2023/QH15 (hiệu lực 01/01/2025): Điều 17 đối tượng, Điều 19 giới hạn 30% căn hộ mỗi tòa và 250 nhà riêng lẻ mỗi khu vực cỡ phường, Điều 20 thời hạn 50 năm gia hạn một lần
• Nghị định 95/2024/NĐ-CP (hiệu lực 01/08/2024), khoản 3 Điều 4: UBND tỉnh công bố danh mục dự án cho người nước ngoài

Homes for sale in approved projects

• ₫3.9BApartment 83 m² · 3 bed · Hoàng Kim Thế GiaBình Trị Đông ward, Bình Tân district
• ₫10.5BApartment 106 m² · 3 bed · Green ViewTân Mỹ ward, District 7
• ₫6.5BApartment 81.7 m² · 3 bed · Sky Garden 2Tân Hưng ward, District 7

Approved projects we have collected

Press reports put the city's total at 148 projects after document 7338/UBND-ĐT (10 Aug 2026). The table lists the 29 we have matched to a document; the full list is on the city government's portal.

• VietnamFinance, 12/08/2026: TP.HCM có 148 dự án nhà ở được bán nhà cho người nước ngoài
• Nhà Đầu Tư, 14/08/2026: TP.HCM nâng tổng số dự án cho phép người nước ngoài sở hữu lên mốc 148